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Invasive mussel confirmed in Utahs Electric Lake
Southern Ledger - November 21, 2008
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Microsoft lets Zune music subscribers keep tunes
Southern Ledger - November 21, 2008
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Astronauts end spacewalk to repair gummed-up joint
Southern Ledger - November 21, 2008
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Dubai parties at hotel gala despite economic gloom
Southern Ledger - November 21, 2008
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Warsaw marks borders of former ghetto
Southern Ledger - November 21, 2008
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Pakistan protests to US over deep missile strike
Southern Ledger - November 21, 2008
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Afghanistan markets its brand of pomegranates
Southern Ledger - November 21, 2008
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China says 19,000 students died in May earthquake
Southern Ledger - November 21, 2008
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Dems delay auto bailout vote, seek plan from Big 3
Southern Ledger - November 21, 2008
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US News Archive for February 2006:
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Bush backs port deal with veto threat
President Bush on Tuesday strongly defended a deal that would let a United Arab Emirates-based company run six major U.S. seaports, telling reporters that he would veto any bill to hold up the agreement...
CNN - February 21, 2006
U.S. Charges 3 Men in Ohio With Planning Attacks in Iraq
The indictment alleged that they plotted to kill U.S. and coalition military personnel in Iraq and other countries...
New York Times - February 21, 2006
American Cohen Leads After Short Program
Sasha Cohen, the U.S. champion, dazzled the judges with a sassy, sensational program Tuesday night and slipped past world champion Irina Slutskaya of Russia by a slim .03 points...
New York Times - February 21, 2006
Embattled President of Harvard to Step Down at End of Semester
Lawrence H. Summers's decision came after several weeks of agitation by the faculty over the resignation of a dean...
New York Times - February 21, 2006
Bush Threatens to Veto Any Bill to Stop Port Takeover
The president rejected calls to block a state-owned company from Dubai from assuming control of six American ports...
New York Times - February 21, 2006
U.S. Not Prepared to Indict 2 Class-Action Lawyers
Two famed class-action attorneys at the center of a five-year, wide-ranging federal investigation are expected to walk away without being charged...
New York Times - February 21, 2006
US Fed leaves base rate door open
The US Fed's January rate rise has brought borrowing costs close to where they need to be, policy-makers believe...
BBC News - February 21, 2006
Beleaguered Harvard head to quit
President of Harvard University Lawrence Summers announces his resignation after a turbulent five years...
BBC News - February 21, 2006
Bush threatens veto in ports row
President George W Bush says he will veto any law blocking a deal to give an Arab company control of six US ports...
BBC News - February 21, 2006
20 killed in Baghdad market blast
A car bomb detonated in a marketplace in southern Baghdad, killing 20 people and wounding 25 anothers, police say. Earlier, a roadside blast (pictured) killed a policeman and wounded two civilians in central Baghdad...
CNN - February 21, 2006
Execution delayed as doctors walk out
The planned execution of a California man convicted of raping and murdering a 17-year-old girl was delayed until Tuesday night after two anesthesiologists refused to participate because of ethical concerns...
CNN - February 21, 2006
Abbas Formally Asks Hamas to Form New Government
The request was made as a top Hamas leader said Iran was likely to play an increasing important role in Palestinian affairs...
New York Times - February 21, 2006
Harvard President Has Decided to Resign, Officials Say
If confirmed, the resignation of Lawrence H. Summers would follow several weeks of agitation by many members of the faculty...
New York Times - February 21, 2006
Supreme Court Reopens Abortion Issue on Alito's First Day
The Supreme Court announced today that it will hear a challenge to a federal law outlawing a late-term abortion procedure...
New York Times - February 21, 2006
Wal-Mart Profit Rises, but Retailer Warns of Shortfall
Wal-Mart said it was "optimistic" about 2006 despite the financial burdens facing its predominantly working class shoppers...
New York Times - February 21, 2006
Laptops boost Wal-Mart's profits
Retail giant Wal-Mart posts higher quarterly profits after a successful holiday sales period...
BBC News - February 21, 2006
US Airways results beat forecasts
Losses at US Airways turn out to be smaller than feared in its first report since merging with America West in September...
BBC News - February 21, 2006
US 'reclassifying' public files
US intelligence agencies are removing from public access thousands of historical documents, a report says...
BBC News - February 21, 2006
Aid plan for US hurricane victims
Louisiana announces a $7.5bn (£4.3bn) compensation plan to aid people affected by last year's hurricanes...
BBC News - February 21, 2006
Colombia army head resigns
The head of Colombia's army quits amid a scandal in which superiors allegedly abused young recruits...
BBC News - February 21, 2006
Supreme Court to rule on abortion
The US Supreme Court says it will decide whether to uphold a law banning some abortion procedures...
BBC News - February 21, 2006
Bush pressed to block ports deal
President Bush is under pressure to block a deal that would give a company based in Dubai management of six major U.S. ports after a deal to buy British operator P&O. The deal's opponents say the ports would be put in the hands of a nation with links to financing the 9/11 terror attacks...
CNN - February 21, 2006
Slide focus now on relief efforts
Four days after a mountain collapsed entombing up to 1,800 people from a southern Philippine village, the focus is shifting to caring for those still living...
CNN - February 21, 2006
Port deal drawing fire
President Bush is facing political pressure to block a deal that would give a United Arab Emirates-based company management of six major U.S. seaports...
CNN - February 21, 2006
Lake Bogoria Journal: An Age-Old Salt Lake May Yield a Washday Miracle
Miraculous uses have been discovered recently for water from a Kenyan lake, from stonewashing jeans to reducing the pills on cotton fabrics...
New York Times - February 21, 2006
Rice embarks on Middle East tour
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is on her way to Egypt at the start of a five-day Middle East tour...
BBC News - February 21, 2006
Protests hit Ecuador oil exports
Demonstrators in Ecuador force state oil firm Petroecuador to suspend crude exports...
BBC News - February 21, 2006
Tennis: Robredo loses in Memphis
Third seed Tommy Robredo suffers a first-round loss for the second week running...
BBC News - February 21, 2006
Election official 'flees Haiti'
Haiti's election chief Jacques Bernard leaves the country after coming under threat, officials say...
BBC News - February 21, 2006
Costa Rica race hangs in balance
A manual recount in Costa Rica gives centre-left candidate Otton Solis the lead, but there is still no clear winner...
BBC News - February 21, 2006
Doctors halt 'painless' execution
The "painless" execution of an inmate is delayed in the US after doctors refuse to participate for ethical reasons...
BBC News - February 21, 2006
Dogs search for life under mud
Teams of search dogs are fanning out across the site of a deadly Philippines landslide Tuesday as rescuers hope to find signs of life buried deep under piles of mud and rubble...
CNN - February 21, 2006
Dogs search for life under mudslide
Teams of search dogs are fanning out across the site of a deadly Philippines landslide in the hope of finding signs of life buried deep under piles of mud and rubble...
CNN - February 21, 2006
U.S. Reclassifies Many Documents in Secret Review
At the National Archives, intelligence agencies have been removing from public access thousands of historical documents...
New York Times - February 21, 2006
States Curbing Right to Seize Private Homes
In direct response to the Supreme Court, states are advancing bills to limit the government's power of eminent domain...
New York Times - February 21, 2006
Using a Lobbyist's Pull From the Governor's Seat
Gov. Haley Barbour of Mississippi draws on his lobbying experience as he works to set his storm-rattled state back on its feet...
New York Times - February 21, 2006
A Cyberfueled Growth Spurt: Web Services Upend Old Ideas About the Little Guy's Role
A new generation of significantly cheaper business software is putting small companies on a more equal footing with big ones...
New York Times - February 21, 2006
Memo Pad: Warning on Airline Capacity
WARNING ON AIRLINE CAPACITY The world airline industry has lost $42 billion since 2001 and continues to lose money, even as passenger traffic and cargo is expected to grow in Asia, Giovanni Bisignani, the director of the International Air Transport Association, said at a news conference at an aviation industry meeting in Singapore yesterday. SHOE NEWS? One of the main criticisms of the Registered Traveler security screening program, expected to be running at scores of airports this summer, is that the benefits of participating have been unclear. Steven Brill, the founder of Verified Identity Pass, which has run a pilot program in Orlando, Fla., since last June, has said that those who pay an annual fee to undergo a background check and get an electronic identity card probably will not have to remove their shoes and jackets, will not have to take laptops out of their cases and will get an expedited passage through security. But the Transportation Security Administration has not yet specified what benefits, other than a special lane, Registered Travelers will get for their annual fees, which are currently $79.95 in Orlando. Things became slightly more clear last week when General Electric said it would invest up to $16 million for a minority stake in Verified Identity Pass. SKEPTICISM LINGERS As the Registered Traveler program gains momentum, critics are coming forward to question its validity. "The Registered Traveler program has turned into a shifting and dispiriting exercise," James C. May, the president of the Air Transport Association, an airline industry trade group, said at a recent Senate Commerce Committee hearing. "It compels you to ask, 'Where's the beef?' " Mr. May said that it had not yet been demonstrated that the program would protect the privacy of those who enroll after submitting to a background check. JOE SHARKEY...
New York Times - February 21, 2006
Itineraries: Trans-Atlantic Luxury for Less
As capacity increases for trans-Atlantic flights, corporations have new muscle to demand discounts for volume...
New York Times - February 21, 2006
Frequent Flier: Packing Knives, Not Ill Will
MY company used to promote a knife set — a cleaver, steak knives, a 12-inch bread knife and a chef's carving knife. They were sharp and menacing-looking, with black handles and serrated steel blades...
New York Times - February 21, 2006
On the Road: For the Great Airliners, a Graveyard in the Desert
More than 300 Boeing 747's wait in the Arizona desert to be resold, reclaimed or stripped for their parts...
New York Times - February 21, 2006
Bank Drops Its Bid for London Market
Macquarie Bank Ltd. of Australia effectively dropped its takeover bid for the London Stock Exchange on Monday...
New York Times - February 21, 2006
Celebrity Appeal Keeps Magazine Circulation Mostly Higher
Overall circulation of magazines was positive in the second half of 2005 compared with the last half of 2004...
New York Times - February 21, 2006
For G.M. in Russia, Parts Dispute Is Only a Start
General Motors, which in the U.S. struggles with pension and benefits payments, has more basic troubles in Russia — the company was without engines for 11 days this month...
New York Times - February 21, 2006
Sporting News Is Formally Seeking a Buyer
Paul G. Allen is officially seeking a buyer for The Sporting News magazine and its related properties...
New York Times - February 21, 2006
A Mixed Day on Global Markets
World equity markets were mixed on Monday as company news dictated trading direction in many nations...
New York Times - February 21, 2006
In Wireless World, Cingular Bucks the Antiunion Trend
The unionization of Cingular Wireless employees runs counter to a longstanding trend in the telecommunications industry...
New York Times - February 21, 2006
Advertising: Throwing All Cultures Into the Marketing Pot
Marketers are embracing America's mishmash of cultures as the influence of immigrants is felt in areas like cuisine, music and clothing...
New York Times - February 21, 2006
Cellular Carriers Offer Phone With E-Mail but Less Bulk
A new phone includes software that links to the AT&T-Yahoo Web portal or a personalized My Yahoo page...
New York Times - February 21, 2006
Mittal Steel Executive Finds Support for a Takeover Bid
Lakshmi N. Mittal has gone on a charm offensive to sell his takeover bid for a rival, Arcelor...
New York Times - February 21, 2006
Enron Trial Stirs Memory of Andersen
While many Arthur Andersen alumni would like to forget the taint that Enron's collapse left on them, memories have been stirred again by the trial in Houston...
New York Times - February 21, 2006
Touched by Oil, and Hope
The discovery of oil on a Mennonite farm in Belize is proving that wildcatting is alive and well...
New York Times - February 21, 2006
RadioShack Chief Resigns After Lying
David J. Edmondson resigned after the revelation that he had lied to the company about his education by claiming two college degrees when he had none...
New York Times - February 21, 2006
Market Place: Hedge Funds Find Returns in Making Small Loans
Why are hedge funds rushing into lending? Part of the answer is that while interest rates are low, hedge funds are able to lend money at sky-high rates...
New York Times - February 21, 2006
Violence in Nigeria Sends Oil Higher
Oil prices surged after a series of militant attacks in the Niger Delta that shut down nearly a fifth of Nigeria's oil production...
New York Times - February 21, 2006
US lawmakers criticise port deal
US politicians criticise a multi-billion dollar deal giving control of six US ports to an Arab company...
BBC News - February 21, 2006
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